Lawrence Williams
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3841996 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lawrence Williams |
| NOMBRES | Lawrence |
| APELLIDO | Williams |
| FIRMA | WILLIAMS L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8224-4487 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 98 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Age and sex‐specific mortality of wild and captive populations of a monogamous pair‐bonded primate ( Aotus azarae )
In polygynous primates, a greater reproductive variance in males have been linked to their reduced life expectancy relative to females. The mortality patterns of monogamous pair-bonded primates, however, are less clear. We analyzed the sex differences in mortality within wild (NMales = 70, NFemales = 73) and captive (NMales = 25, NFemales = 29) populations of Azara's owl monkeys (Aotus azarae), a socially and genetically monogamous primate exhibi…
A Discourse‐Based Approach to Call Training and Professional Development
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer‐assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in‐service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in‐service K–12 foreign language teachers (Phase 2). The main theme that emerged from the survey and the focus groups was the perceived nee…
The effect of instruction on language learners' sociolinguistic awareness
Pragmatics of Second Language Computer‐Mediated Communication
This entry provides an overview of issues related to the pragmatics of second language (L2) computer‐mediated communication (CMC) with a focus on synchronous CMC (SCMC), which involves real‐time exchanges between or among participants.
Teaching, Learning, and Developing L2 French Sociolinguistic Competence
The study reported in this article investigates the development of sociolinguistic competence among second-year (US university-level) L2 learners of French who were given systematic instruction on sociolinguistic variation as part of their normal coursework. We focus on the variable use of the negative morpheme ne in verbal negation. Drawing from learners’ explanations of ne presence versus absence, their analyses of two texts representing differ…
Thinking with your hands
This article reports on a study of second language (L2) French learners’ self-generated use of gesture to think through and resolve a metalinguistic awareness-raising task during small-group work with an expert mediator. Although the use of gesture in L2 communication and pedagogy has recently received increasing attention, little research has explored L2 learners' use of gesture to mediate their own thinking in order to work through L2 problems.…
Metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports as triangulation data for interpreting second language sociolinguistic performance
The study reported here explores the use of learners' metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports of variable language production as triangulation data for interpreting second language (L2) sociolinguistic performance, focusing on the variable retention versus omission of the negative morpheme ne . Our central argument is that performance data alone are not sufficient for evaluating how L2 learners perceive social and stylistic variation in the …
Expanding Discourse Options Through Computer-Mediated Communication
This article proposes a multiliteracies-based pedagogical framework for the analysis of computer-mediated discourse (CMD) in order to give students increased access to expanded discourse options that are available in online communication environments and communities (i.e., beyond the classroom). Through the analysis of excerpts and a corpus of French and Spanish electronic discourse, we illustrate how this framework can promote autonomous, lifelo…
L'emploi variable du ne dans le discours électronique synchrone
L’étude présentée dans cet article se situe dans une approche sociolinguistique variationniste. Elle explore l’utilisation variable de la particule de négation ne dans le cadre de clavardage synchrone. Si certaines enquêtes ont déjà examiné la présence ou l’absence du ne , aucune d’entre elles n’a pu explorer l’âge des internautes, variable indépendante qui semble influencer la variation comme d’autres variables préalablement identifiées par d’au…
Linguistic and social dimensions of French-language discussion forums
This study explores selected linguistic and social dimensions of 20 French-language discussion forums in order to provide teachers and learners of French with an overview of this relatively new type of online communication space. Although the discussion forum is an older type of computer-mediated communication (i.e., compared, for example, to blogs and text messaging), little research has focused on linguistic patterns and tendencies in French-la…
Navigating and interpreting hypertext in French
As a point of departure for exploring the challenges of reading and interpreting digital texts, this chapter provides an analysis of the use of the French second-person pronouns tu and vous in French-language hypertext. The results of this study suggest that fundamental differences (e.g., traditional linearity versus multilinearity; frequency and ease of editing) between traditional, printed text and hypertext create an environment susceptible to…
The discussion forum as a component of a technology-enhanced Integrated Performance Assessment
This chapter explores the use of online discussion forums as a component of an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006; Glisan, Uribe, & Adair-Hauck, 2007) within a (foreign) language curriculum. First, we examine the linguistic, discursive, and interactional versatility of discussion forums. Next, we describe the background of the IPA and highlight the advantages of integrating discussion for…
Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have investigated new literacies and electronic discourse beyond the classroom setting. This volume seeks to address this gap by providing corpus-based and empirical …
Sociolinguistic variation in French computer-mediated communication
The analysis in the present study examines the variable use of ne in 2,459 tokens of verbal negation from a corpus of electronic French discourse including moderated chat, non-moderated chat, and discussion fora. These data from computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments were analyzed in order to demonstrate that although both non-moderated and moderated chat are essentially synchronous (i.e. involving real-time interaction), they are on …
Forecasting the Future Economic Burden of Current Adolescent Overweight
Objectives. We predicted the future economic burden attributable to high rates of current adolescent overweight. Methods. We constructed models to simulate the costs of excess obesity and associated diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults aged 35–64 years in the US population in 2020 to 2050. Results. Current adolescent overweight is projected to result in 161 million life-years complicated by obesity, diabetes, or CHD and 1.5 mill…
On versus tu and vous
Web-Based Machine Translation as a Tool for Promoting Electronic Literacy and Language Awareness
This article addresses a pervasive problem of concern to teachers of many foreign languages: the use of Web-Based Machine Translation (WBMT) by students who do not understand the complexities of this relatively new tool. Although networked technologies have greatly increased access to many language and communication tools, WBMT is still ineffective for translating text into another language, especially when the user of the software is not able to…
Fool's gold or hidden treasure
19 Páginas
Allomaternal interactions in the Bolivian squirrel monkey ( Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis )
Allomaternal behavior is defined as maternal‐like interactions between an infant and some animal other than its natural mother. The occurrence of allomothering can have a profound influence on the life of the infant and on the animal with which the infant interacts. Allomaternal interactions were studied during the first 6 months of life in 50 Bolivian squirrel monkeys in two different social settings. Allomaternal interactions began during the f…
Long-term impact of smoking cessation on the incidence of coronary heart disease
Using a simulation model of the US male population, we estimated the long-term impact that future smoking cessation programs would have on the distribution and occurrence of coronary heart disease in males ages 35-84. For interventions that reduce the number of smokers by 25 percent in 1990, the number of men free of coronary heart disease is projected to increase by 416,787 (0.7 percent) in 2015, and the age-standardized absolute incidence to de…
Male behavior through the breeding season in Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis
The Bolivian squirrel monkey ( Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis ) is a seasonal breeder. Male squirrel monkeys show distinct morphological and behavioral changes prior to and during the breeding season. A “fatting syndrome” includes increased body weight, increased levels of androgens, and in the Bolivian subspecies, an increasingly active role in the social organization of the group. In this study, the behavior of ten adult male Bolivian squirrel…
The influence of male presence or absence on the reproductive cycle of celebes black ape females (Macaca nigra)
Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have investigated new literacies and electronic discourse beyond the classroom setting. This volume seeks to address this gap by providing corpus-based and empirical …
On versus tu and vous
A Discourse‐Based Approach to Call Training and Professional Development
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer‐assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in‐service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in‐service K–12 foreign language teachers (Phase 2). The main theme that emerged from the survey and the focus groups was the perceived nee…
The effect of instruction on language learners' sociolinguistic awareness
Sociolinguistic variation in French computer-mediated communication
The analysis in the present study examines the variable use of ne in 2,459 tokens of verbal negation from a corpus of electronic French discourse including moderated chat, non-moderated chat, and discussion fora. These data from computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments were analyzed in order to demonstrate that although both non-moderated and moderated chat are essentially synchronous (i.e. involving real-time interaction), they are on …
Forecasting the Future Economic Burden of Current Adolescent Overweight
Objectives. We predicted the future economic burden attributable to high rates of current adolescent overweight. Methods. We constructed models to simulate the costs of excess obesity and associated diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults aged 35–64 years in the US population in 2020 to 2050. Results. Current adolescent overweight is projected to result in 161 million life-years complicated by obesity, diabetes, or CHD and 1.5 mill…
Web-Based Machine Translation as a Tool for Promoting Electronic Literacy and Language Awareness
This article addresses a pervasive problem of concern to teachers of many foreign languages: the use of Web-Based Machine Translation (WBMT) by students who do not understand the complexities of this relatively new tool. Although networked technologies have greatly increased access to many language and communication tools, WBMT is still ineffective for translating text into another language, especially when the user of the software is not able to…
L'emploi variable du ne dans le discours électronique synchrone
L’étude présentée dans cet article se situe dans une approche sociolinguistique variationniste. Elle explore l’utilisation variable de la particule de négation ne dans le cadre de clavardage synchrone. Si certaines enquêtes ont déjà examiné la présence ou l’absence du ne , aucune d’entre elles n’a pu explorer l’âge des internautes, variable indépendante qui semble influencer la variation comme d’autres variables préalablement identifiées par d’au…
Metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports as triangulation data for interpreting second language sociolinguistic performance
The study reported here explores the use of learners' metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports of variable language production as triangulation data for interpreting second language (L2) sociolinguistic performance, focusing on the variable retention versus omission of the negative morpheme ne . Our central argument is that performance data alone are not sufficient for evaluating how L2 learners perceive social and stylistic variation in the …
Expanding Discourse Options Through Computer-Mediated Communication
This article proposes a multiliteracies-based pedagogical framework for the analysis of computer-mediated discourse (CMD) in order to give students increased access to expanded discourse options that are available in online communication environments and communities (i.e., beyond the classroom). Through the analysis of excerpts and a corpus of French and Spanish electronic discourse, we illustrate how this framework can promote autonomous, lifelo…
The influence of male presence or absence on the reproductive cycle of celebes black ape females (Macaca nigra)
Male behavior through the breeding season in Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis
The Bolivian squirrel monkey ( Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis ) is a seasonal breeder. Male squirrel monkeys show distinct morphological and behavioral changes prior to and during the breeding season. A “fatting syndrome” includes increased body weight, increased levels of androgens, and in the Bolivian subspecies, an increasingly active role in the social organization of the group. In this study, the behavior of ten adult male Bolivian squirrel…
Long-term impact of smoking cessation on the incidence of coronary heart disease
Using a simulation model of the US male population, we estimated the long-term impact that future smoking cessation programs would have on the distribution and occurrence of coronary heart disease in males ages 35-84. For interventions that reduce the number of smokers by 25 percent in 1990, the number of men free of coronary heart disease is projected to increase by 416,787 (0.7 percent) in 2015, and the age-standardized absolute incidence to de…
Allomaternal interactions in the Bolivian squirrel monkey ( Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis )
Allomaternal behavior is defined as maternal‐like interactions between an infant and some animal other than its natural mother. The occurrence of allomothering can have a profound influence on the life of the infant and on the animal with which the infant interacts. Allomaternal interactions were studied during the first 6 months of life in 50 Bolivian squirrel monkeys in two different social settings. Allomaternal interactions began during the f…
Fool's gold or hidden treasure
19 Páginas
Web-Based Machine Translation as a Tool for Promoting Electronic Literacy and Language Awareness
This article addresses a pervasive problem of concern to teachers of many foreign languages: the use of Web-Based Machine Translation (WBMT) by students who do not understand the complexities of this relatively new tool. Although networked technologies have greatly increased access to many language and communication tools, WBMT is still ineffective for translating text into another language, especially when the user of the software is not able to…
Linguistic and social dimensions of French-language discussion forums
This study explores selected linguistic and social dimensions of 20 French-language discussion forums in order to provide teachers and learners of French with an overview of this relatively new type of online communication space. Although the discussion forum is an older type of computer-mediated communication (i.e., compared, for example, to blogs and text messaging), little research has focused on linguistic patterns and tendencies in French-la…
Navigating and interpreting hypertext in French
As a point of departure for exploring the challenges of reading and interpreting digital texts, this chapter provides an analysis of the use of the French second-person pronouns tu and vous in French-language hypertext. The results of this study suggest that fundamental differences (e.g., traditional linearity versus multilinearity; frequency and ease of editing) between traditional, printed text and hypertext create an environment susceptible to…
The discussion forum as a component of a technology-enhanced Integrated Performance Assessment
This chapter explores the use of online discussion forums as a component of an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006; Glisan, Uribe, & Adair-Hauck, 2007) within a (foreign) language curriculum. First, we examine the linguistic, discursive, and interactional versatility of discussion forums. Next, we describe the background of the IPA and highlight the advantages of integrating discussion for…
Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have investigated new literacies and electronic discourse beyond the classroom setting. This volume seeks to address this gap by providing corpus-based and empirical …
Sociolinguistic variation in French computer-mediated communication
The analysis in the present study examines the variable use of ne in 2,459 tokens of verbal negation from a corpus of electronic French discourse including moderated chat, non-moderated chat, and discussion fora. These data from computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments were analyzed in order to demonstrate that although both non-moderated and moderated chat are essentially synchronous (i.e. involving real-time interaction), they are on …
Forecasting the Future Economic Burden of Current Adolescent Overweight
Objectives. We predicted the future economic burden attributable to high rates of current adolescent overweight. Methods. We constructed models to simulate the costs of excess obesity and associated diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults aged 35–64 years in the US population in 2020 to 2050. Results. Current adolescent overweight is projected to result in 161 million life-years complicated by obesity, diabetes, or CHD and 1.5 mill…
On versus tu and vous
Thinking with your hands
This article reports on a study of second language (L2) French learners’ self-generated use of gesture to think through and resolve a metalinguistic awareness-raising task during small-group work with an expert mediator. Although the use of gesture in L2 communication and pedagogy has recently received increasing attention, little research has explored L2 learners' use of gesture to mediate their own thinking in order to work through L2 problems.…
Metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports as triangulation data for interpreting second language sociolinguistic performance
The study reported here explores the use of learners' metalinguistic explanations and self‐reports of variable language production as triangulation data for interpreting second language (L2) sociolinguistic performance, focusing on the variable retention versus omission of the negative morpheme ne . Our central argument is that performance data alone are not sufficient for evaluating how L2 learners perceive social and stylistic variation in the …
Expanding Discourse Options Through Computer-Mediated Communication
This article proposes a multiliteracies-based pedagogical framework for the analysis of computer-mediated discourse (CMD) in order to give students increased access to expanded discourse options that are available in online communication environments and communities (i.e., beyond the classroom). Through the analysis of excerpts and a corpus of French and Spanish electronic discourse, we illustrate how this framework can promote autonomous, lifelo…
L'emploi variable du ne dans le discours électronique synchrone
L’étude présentée dans cet article se situe dans une approche sociolinguistique variationniste. Elle explore l’utilisation variable de la particule de négation ne dans le cadre de clavardage synchrone. Si certaines enquêtes ont déjà examiné la présence ou l’absence du ne , aucune d’entre elles n’a pu explorer l’âge des internautes, variable indépendante qui semble influencer la variation comme d’autres variables préalablement identifiées par d’au…
Pragmatics of Second Language Computer‐Mediated Communication
This entry provides an overview of issues related to the pragmatics of second language (L2) computer‐mediated communication (CMC) with a focus on synchronous CMC (SCMC), which involves real‐time exchanges between or among participants.
Teaching, Learning, and Developing L2 French Sociolinguistic Competence
The study reported in this article investigates the development of sociolinguistic competence among second-year (US university-level) L2 learners of French who were given systematic instruction on sociolinguistic variation as part of their normal coursework. We focus on the variable use of the negative morpheme ne in verbal negation. Drawing from learners’ explanations of ne presence versus absence, their analyses of two texts representing differ…
The effect of instruction on language learners' sociolinguistic awareness
A Discourse‐Based Approach to Call Training and Professional Development
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer‐assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in‐service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in‐service K–12 foreign language teachers (Phase 2). The main theme that emerged from the survey and the focus groups was the perceived nee…
Age and sex‐specific mortality of wild and captive populations of a monogamous pair‐bonded primate ( Aotus azarae )
In polygynous primates, a greater reproductive variance in males have been linked to their reduced life expectancy relative to females. The mortality patterns of monogamous pair-bonded primates, however, are less clear. We analyzed the sex differences in mortality within wild (NMales = 70, NFemales = 73) and captive (NMales = 25, NFemales = 29) populations of Azara's owl monkeys (Aotus azarae), a socially and genetically monogamous primate exhibi…
Computer Science (14 obras) · Linguistics (12 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (10 obras) · Digital Communication and Language (8 obras) · World Wide Web (8 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Pedagogy (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 obras)